Гомер. Іліада. Переклад Бориса Тена - Борис Тен (переклад з давньогрецької), 1978 - Харків: Фоліо, 2006. - 416 с.:

290] Хай списоборцем його вічносущі богове створили,

291] Та чи на те, щоб усіх він поганими лаяв словами?»

Потім:

281] Щоб у перших рядах і в останніх синове ахеїв

282] Слово розчути могли і слушну пораду збагнути.

Спробував декілька запитів у ґуґлі, але не можу знайти нічого притомного.

Можете, будь ласка, пояснити, що це за така форма називного відмінку у множині, яка виглядає як кличний?

Наші іменники, створені волею Зевса і Гери,
Різними суфіксами прикрашає народ працелюбний;
Ніби віночок вдягає на слово, щоб слово блищало,
Сяяло так, щоб побачили боги, що є на Говерлі.

Йменники, що позначають слова чоловічого роду,
І що знаходяться у множині називного відмінку —
Як-то: "сино́ве, брато́ве, пано́ве, кумо́ве, свато́ве" —
Можуть отримувать суфікси -ов-, зокрема, в діалектах.

Варто зазначити, цей феномен є відомим науці
І, зокрема, розглядався Степаном Бевзенком.
Що проспівав у своїй видатній науковій роботі ⁽¹⁾
Пісню і гімн і потужну осанну цьому феномену:

Множина

Із діалектних форм наз. відм. множини вкажемо на поширені, хоч і обмежено, в карпатських і в ряді інших південно-західних говорів форми іменників чоловічого роду з флексією -ове, перенесеної з колишніх -й- основ: сино́ве, брато́ве, пано́ве, кумо́ве, свато́ве, сус'ідове та ін.; вірло́ве (орли), вітро́ве, дошчо́ве та ін.

⁽¹⁾ Бевзенко С.П. «Українська діалектологія» (стор. 102)

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For example, the "Go Fish" quest requires you to match two fish together, a certain number of times.

I've played levels where there are fish generators next to each other, and a lot of the work of finishing the level is matching the fish together to make "triple fish". These levels would be ideal for this quest, but I can't remember which ones they were.

Does anyone know which levels I mean? And do you know any other levels that are very well suited to particular quests?

For example, level 8 is well suited to the "color collecting" quests that require you to match eg 1000 orange candies, since there's a lot of combos on the level and it's quick and easy to complete.

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I use #106 as an ultimate level for completing quests (all various ones).
Whenever I get bored with it, I switch to #73.

Level #106 meets all requirements for completing quests:

• It is not trivial (e.g., not very "early" level);
• It is easy to win; from personal experience, my success ratio is about 75% on this level, so I can not only complete quests from the right menu (which are awarded even if you die), but also the quests from the left panel (which are only awarded if you win);
• It is long enough (35 moves), which allows me clear up the space in e.g. 20-25 moves and have free moves for fancy stuff like double fish (which does little but is needed for quests);
• It is easy to get at least 2 stars on it (for "blue alien" star quests);
• It quickly opens a free open space that allows me create lots of 5-bar and 6-bar color candies. If you are lucky enough, you can trigger the "chain reaction" of re-coloring 6-bar candies that would let you get a score of 1,000,000, with the corresponding amount of various fancy candies generated (check the high scores table, the #1 is me).

Level #73 is very close to #106, but it is harder to win (a "Samurai" hard level). Same "free the bears", same 35 moves.

Why did the US force Russia Today to register as a foreign agent?

It seems like the US government are shooting themselves in the foot — this gives Russia an excellent excuse to force Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to register as a foreign agent, which can hardly surprise the US. One is a Russian government funded news outlet operating in the US (and elsewhere), the other is a US government funded news outlet operating in Russia (and elsewhere). It's very easy for Russian propaganda to declare the two equivalent, no matter whether or not this is accurate when one looks at the detail.

What does the US gain by forcing RT to register as a foreign agent?

У «Вечірній казці діда Панаса» актор Петро Вескляров починає казку так:

В одному лісі жили собі та були собі Їжак із Їжачихою — YouTube відео

Той же актор Вескляров наприкінці передачі часто прощався з глядачами так:

Нехай вам присняться хороші-прехороші, солодкі-пресолодкі сни — YouTube відео

Відомо, що таке подвоєння часто вживається у російській: усі оці жить-поживать, жив-здоров, путь-дорожка, такой-сякой і багато інших. Тому виникає підозра, чи не є таке подвоєння наслідком порівняно недавнього негативного впливу іноземної мови.

Запитання полягає у тому, наскільки питомим є подібне подвоєння саме для української мови?
Чесно кажучи, я навіть ключових слів не можу придумати, щоб поґуґлити наукові джерела.

robofob

Це асиндетони — безсполучникове поєднання слів (іменників, прикметників, дієслів, займенників, прислівників): думи-бджоли, гори-хвилі, зорі-вівці, мед-вино, жито-пшениця, рута-м’ята, нічка-петрівочка, журба-горе, турки-яничари, Січ-мати, місяць-підкова, ворожка-ніч, криниці-ночі, терни-байраки, горе-біда; чужа-чужанина, піший-піхотинець; шити-білити, плакала-ридала; сякі-такі, сього-того; тяжко-важко, косо-криво
(Зубков, "Українська мова: Універсальний довідник", Х., 2006, с. 139).

Someone edited my question, which originally used "Kiev" to mean the capital of Ukraine, but edited into "Kyiv". I just briefly googled it and found that "Kiev" is a Russian word while "Kyiv" is a Ukrainian one.

I wonder if it is considered offensive, or otherwise not welcomed among Ukrainians.

I feel that people don't care about my pronunciation, so the issue would be only in the written context (e.g. chat with AirBnB hosts, ask help for a stranger on a smartphone, etc...).

So, is it offensive for locals? Or approximately how many people (in percentage) care about it?

You seem to be one of those who have approved the edit, so I guess (correct me if I'm wrong) this question's goal is primarily to confirm your original thought.

Also, "is it offensive?" seems to be a subjective term that can't be measured. I would say yes, someone else would say no, and we end up in a battle "word against word". So let me focus of facts only.

Official. According to UNGEGN (United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names), the only possible English-language transliteration is "Kyiv".
The same source confirms the proper spelling for Donets'k, Luhans'k, Kharkiv, and several others.

Other languages. Besides "Kiev", there are other spellings, including "Kiew", "Kijow" and even 《基辅》, pronounced — believe it or not — [ji-fu].

People's perception. Indeed, spelling "Kiev" is a direct transliteration of "Киев", the Russian word for Kyiv, and many Ukrainians (not all, however) associate this with the Russian occupation that happened in the past and the armed invasion and partial occupation that occurs at the moment.

Many Russian officials also insist on using an incorrect spelling "the Ukraine", see link below. This, multiplied to the fact that many Ukrainians speak bad English or don't simply care (like JonathanReez♦'s answer suggests), has some effect.

The following photo shows the very process of russification. "Little green men" in unmarked uniforms on a truck (right) "enforce the Russian spelling" on a road sign at the entry to the occupied Donets'k city by removing the "soft sign" so that «ДОНЕЦЬК» became «ДОНЕЦК».

Most obviously, this makes people who disagree with "Russian-styled" toponyms in Ukraine. Like myself.

More to go. Having several names for toponyms (for various historic reasons) happens in other countries, too: Burma/Myanmar, Mumbai/Bombay, Munich/München, Beijing/Peking, Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok/Krungthep Mahanakhon, Falkland/Malvin Islands, to name a few.

A Traveler's Rule of Thumb (mind you, we are at Travel.SE). A traveler should always consider the historical and cultural aspects in order to avoid being perceived as an ignorant person (and, in corner cases, as an enemy agent).

However, there is no problem if a foreigner uses Russian as their way of communication. Check this question for further details: What is the main spoken language in Kiev: Ukrainian or Russian?

Also, related: Does anyone want Ukraine to be called “the Ukraine”?

The polls I have seen showcase that at least 40%, perhaps a bit more, of the Catalan population oppose independence.

[…]

But where are the anti-independence foreigners joined by anti-independence Catalans? Why are they not being heard? 40% is a huge number. Why is their opinion not represented?

You needn't a political movement to force your country's police do their job

Apologies for a bit of bold title (in both senses), but this is precisely the answer.

In most national-liberation movements, the "pro-" secession faction is more active than their opponents. That's because the separatists need changes, while their opponents prefer to keep things the way how they are. In other words, if someone is "anti-"secession, they almost automatically become "pro-" the existing order:

Borders.
Type of government.
Country's affiliations and memberships (cf. the EU).
Law and Order.

Which is precisely the job of the National police, National Security service, etc.

Unless the anti-secession Catalans suspect their police of neglecting its duties, there's no need to protest. There are numerous reports that the Spanish police was not passive recently.

Also, the impression of "so silent" can be made because foreigners often look at the mass protests, street violence, and similar events. However, there are several political parties in Parliament of Catalonia who continue political struggle.
For one, "Citizens" is known for its opposition to Catalonian nationalism and the secession.
The above would also answer the question, "Why is their opinion not represented?" — in fact, they are represented.

In this article, McClatchy DC bureau claims that one of the certificates the Kaspersky Lab received from Russian FSB/KGB reveals that the entire Kaspersky Lab joint-stock company is actually a FSB military unit #43753.

Kaspersky Lab is a company that develops antivirus software, available worldwide at retail and online shops.

So, the question: Is Kaspersky Lab a military unit?

I've heard of the Mongolian vowel separator from programmers, who regard it as an interesting quirk in Unicode. When I google for it, most of the hits are from those revelling in its geekiness.

But as someone dabbling a bit in Mongolian, I'd like to know: What is it used for?

The formal description has been already given in the excellent @ColinFine's answer. Let me give a different description in "layman terms".

Mongolian characters usually have four distinct forms: isolate, initial, medial, and final.
Vowels A and E have exactly the same glyphs in their final form.
Here are the four forms for A and E, correspondingly.
Note, both have two versions of final glyphs:

Although choosing between A or E can be concluded from the the syntax (A for masculine grammatic gender while E is for feminine), there can be semantic difference depending on the final form (stroke up or stroke down).

For example:

[qara] (to look), stroke up;
[qar+a] (black), stroke down;

Imagine this voting algorithm: Each voter ranks their choices. Then, the 1st choice votes are tallied, and the one with the lowest score removed from the running. Those who have the removed contender have their rankings shifted up one, i.e. their second choice is now considered their first choice. Everybody else keeps their rankings.

How does Arrow's Theorem invalidate this? It seems to satisfy all four conditions, but the theorem shows it can't. Which condition does this not meet, and why?

A: The voting system you describe is called Single transferrable vote (STV).

Arrow's theorem does not discuss STV specifically. Instead, it states that no electoral system exist that satisfies a certain number of criteria at once.

One of these criteria is monotonicity, and there are studies that conclude STV is non-monotonic.

Натикнувся на статтю, в якій згадується «реабілітаційно-відновний спортивний центр у Дніпрі планують будувати…»

Мені це слово здалося незвичним.

Словники мають як статтю відновний, так і відновлювальний, з повністю однаковою семантикою:

Стосовний до відновлення.

Чи є між цими словами якась різниця? Цікавить, у першу чергу, контекст медичної галузі, але і дізнатися про інші контексти також було б цікаво.